They were once poster children of Asia’s Covid-19 mitigation success stories for their ability to keep the pandemic under control for the most of last year. But Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam have been seeing a sudden surge in cases in recent weeks.
The Straits Times examines the reasons behind the spike and what they are doing to fight the new wave.
Lax cargo crew quarantine, ‘wild card’ to blame for Taiwan’s Covid-19 spike
Just a little over a month ago, nobody in Taiwan was anticipating a fresh Covid-19 outbreak, much less one occurring a whole year after the pandemic had been dealt with.
But on Friday (May 21), Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Centre (CECC) reported 312 new locally transmitted cases and three imported ones, the seventh consecutive day the island has had over 100 local cases.
“One of the main problems Taiwan is facing is having been too successful (in…
